Hair-waving apparatus



July 7, 1925 1,544,593

C. G. NESSLER HAIR WAVING APBARATUS Filed July 11, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 30 f 37 /6' 32 3 as 1 i 47 I I IN VEN TOR A TTORNE Y July 7, 1925. 1,544,593

c. G. NESSLER HAIR WAVING APPARATUS Filed July 11, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Patented July 7, 1925 UNITED STATES CHARLES G. NESSLEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-WAVIN G AEPABATUS.

Application filed July 11, 1928. Serial No. 850,783.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES G. NEssLEn, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair=Waving Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention. relates to mechanism used in the art of permanent waving of natural hair on the head, and my present improvements comprise portable apparatus equipped with a large number of heaters, preferably of the electric type, which may be easily and quickly moved from one operating compartment to another, carrying its complete equipment, so that a single apparatus may be made to serve to carry out in succession the hair waving operation in a number of separate booths or compartments, in each of which a customer may be awaiting her turn for the application of the set of heaters to her hair, which in the meantime may be made ready in advance for this part of the process. The apparatus is preferably provided with wheels in order to make it readily movable from place to place, and in one form it is' especially adapted for being positioned close to the back of a chair in which the subject is seated. The invention also comprises certain means for effecting the vertical adjustment of the holder or head which supports the vertically adjustable heaters; also the construction and arrangement of the heater-suspending canopy; also the construction of the heater-suspending and adjusting means, whereby the usual counterweights for the heaters are dispensed with; and certain other features as well as details, all as hereinafter fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

I have illustrated a type of my improved apparatus in the accompanying drawings, wherein;

Fig. 1, is a perspective View of the apparatus and a chair near the back of which the apparatusis positioned.

Fig. 2, is an enlarged View of the lower part of the apparatus including the wheeledbase and the adjustable support for the heater suspending head, part of the support being broken away an part in vertical central section.

Fig. 8, is a cross-sectional view of the telescop ng support, the plane of the section being indicated by the line 3-3, in Fig. 2.

Figs. and 5, respectively, are similar cross-sectlonal views of the support, the

planes of'said sections being indicated by lines 44, and 55, in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6, is an enlarged view of the upper portion of the apparatus, showing the upper part of the adjustable support and the heater-suspending head attached thereto. Fig. 7, is a view in still greater enlargement, of one of the spring-actuated adjustable heater suspending devices which are mounted in the head, the view being in vertical section on a plane indicated by line 77, in Fig. 8.

i Fig. 8, is a top plan view of a portion of theheater suspending head.

Fig. 9, shows an edge View of one of the spring-actuated adjustable heater suspending devices, partly broken away, and on the same. scale as that shown in Fig. 7.

fied form of the apparatus in which the adjustable vertical support is omitted and the heater suspending head is mounted directly on the ceiling of aroom.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a base which is. oblong and three cornered in shape with'a wheel 2, fixed upon the under side at each corner for sustalnin the base and permitting it to be trundled rom oint to point in shifting the apparatus a out. The end 3, of the base is relatively narrow so that it may enter between the legs of the chair 4, at the rear thereof, to permit of the apparatus being positioned adjacent the chair back. At the broad end of the base is mounted a telescoping adjustable support 5, consisting in a tubular post 6, bolted to the base by a bracket 7, which extends upon the upper face and around the side of the base, as shown, to insure the stability of the post. A hollow upright 8, is mounted on the post so-as to be vertically adjustable thereon. The upright has a telescopin relation with the post, the lower end of t "e upright moving up and down inside of the post, which upon its interior is provided with a vertical rack 9, the post having a longitudinally extending enlargement 10, to accom- Fig. 10, is an elevational view of a modimodate the rack. This rack is constantly engaged by a pawl 11, pivoted at 12, to a sleeve 13, secured to the bar or upright 8, by a screw 14, see Fig. 4. A spring 15, secured to the pawl 11, bears with one end against the bar 8, and keeps the pawl in engagement with its rack 9. The upright 8,

the teeth of the rack and the two serve to hold the parts in adjusted position. When the upright 8, is to be lowered, the handles 16 and 17, are grasped and at the same time the finger pieces 22 and 23, are seized by the fingers of the operator, and drawn slightly to one side in order to release the pawl from its rack, whereupon the upright may be lowered to the desired point while the pawl is held out of engagement. Upon releasing the finger pieces, the pawl automatically engages the rack and holds the upright in the position to which it has been dropped. The pawl 11, is yoked-shaped and spans the bar 8, as shown more particularly in Figs. 4 and 5. The opposite sides of the tubular post 6, are formed with longitudinal slots 24 and 25, for the handles 16 and 17, respectively, to travel through.

Upon opposite sides of the upright 8, but

at different levels, I provide antifriction rollers 26 and27,-for rendering the vertical movements of the upright smoother and also to maintain it in vertical position. These rollers are mounted to turn freely on bearings in the tubular post 6, and are grooved on their peripheries to lit the contour of the cylindrical upright 8, against-Which they bear upon opposite sides thereof.

The holder or head 28, from which a large number of electric heaters 29, are adjustably suspended, is sustained in horizontal position by the supporting upright, by means of a horizontally projecting arm 30, connected with the bar 8, by an elbow fixture 31,

adapted to detachably receive the electric wire coupling or plug 32, which is mounted at one side thereof, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6. The electric wires pass thence through the hollow interior of arm 30, and through the elbow pipe 33, at the end, which pipe is secured to the center of the head 28, and supports the same. The wiring, which is not fully shown, leads thence to the various electric connecting sockets upon the under side of the canopy and. withwhich sockets the detachable plugs 34, are connected. The electric wires 35, running from plugs 34,

lead to the suspended heaters 29, and supply the current thereto for heating the connected heaters.

' The holder or head 28, comprises a central drum or box 36, in which'are arranged the electric sockets 37, which open uponthe under sidethereof, as shown in Fig. 1. To the upper side of this central drum is detachably secured the elbow-pipe 33, of the support, the elbow being threaded at 38, for such attachment. A spider 39, is secured to the drum and its respective members are heater 29. The drums are each provided upon their interiors with coiled's'prings 48, which act to wind the cord on the drum wheneverthe cord is relieved of the suspended weight of its heater, for example, when the operator takes the heater in his hand and-lifts it, but this winding upaction is under control of aspecial device 49, around which the cord is passed and which binds or clutches the cord to check its winding up movement, at the same time leaving the cord free to be drawn out or unwound by pulling upon it. This clutch device consists in an arbor 50 mounted to turnin bearings in the lower part of the drum bracket 42. The arbor is concave on its periphery so that it slopes from its respective ends to the center'in order to crowd or force the turns 51, of the cord laterally together to form a bite or give the desired clutching action thereto. The cord 47, is passed around the arbor so as to give one full turn ing drum. By this arrangement, the weight of the attached heater keeps 7. the cord clutched around the arbor with suiiicient force to prevent its racing or running off backwardly under the tension ofthe winding-drum spring, but as soon as the weight of the heater is taken off the cord by lifting the heater by hand, the clutching action of the turns of the cord on the arbor is released and the winding-drums pull on the cord will slide it on itself around the arbor and cause the drum to wind on the cord as longas the heater is raised up towards it. In adjusting the heater to a lower position the operator pulls down upon the cord as he seizes the heater and this unwinds the cord from the drum and also the clutch as the ratchet 52, is free to move in a forward direction on its axis. The suspending cords 47, each pass through an orifice 54, a series of which are formed in the bottom plate 55, of the canopy, as indicated in Fig. 7. An annular outer rimor band 56,-is mounted on the upper surface of the annular bottom plate 55, at the edge of the latter, which is itself secured at its inner edge to the periphery of the central drum at 57. The two rows of brackets 42 and 43, are mounted by means of bolts 58, upon the annular member 41, and on opposite sides thereof, with their lower ends resting upon the bottom plate 55. Several of the brackets 43, of the outer row, have their lower parts provided with an extension 59, having a horizontal flange or ear 60, which is bolted to the bottom plate 55, and alateral flange or ear 61, which is, bolted to the rim or band 56, and this serves to secure said parts firmly together.

The construct1on and arrangement of the holder or head which I thus provide is simple and very compact and presents a neat and attractive appearance, especially for the portable or wheel-about type of apparatus, as herein show-n. Moreover, I dispense with the old form of counter-weights which are not only objectionable in appearance, but are at times in the way in their dangling and exposed positions. The construction of the head and particularly its supporting arm and its elbow fixturescomply with the requirements of the underwriters.

In Fig. 10, I show a modification of the' apparatus in which the movable stand is omitted and the holderor head 28, is secured directly to the ceiling 62, of a room, in which position it is out of reach of the operator, so that I lower the central drum 36 and fix it upon the end of a depending support 63, attached to the head so that the detachable electric plugs 34, are easily within reach. 1

In order to stabilize the apparatus and to check any tendency of the weight of the laterally extending head tipping the apparatus over or unbalancing it. I dispose the support 6, so that it is eccentric and is arranged at one end of the base, while the other end of the elongated base is arranged directly beneath the over-hanging head. The unobstructed end 3, of the base is es pecially designed to be entered between the rear legs of a chair 4, so that the apparatus may be wheeled up close to the back of the chair in which the subject is seated, and this affords an important facility in this class-of apparatus. I also find that the improved wheel-about type of the apparatus permits the use of a large number of electric heaters for waving hair. in places and booths where it is not possible to use the ordinary chandellier type of mechanism, and this is an additional advantage to that of enabling the operator to trundle or wheel the entire apparatus about his establishment, from place to place and thereby employ but a single apparatus for, use at different places, instead of having stationary apparatus at several places; The apparatus may bl knocked-down or taken apart-for placing it'in a package to store or transport it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: r

' 1. In portable apparatus for waving hair, a movable base having an upright support secured to one end thereof so as to leavethe main part of the base'unobstructed, a heatercarrying head provided with depending heaters and mounted on said support to the side thereof where the main unobstructed part of said base is disposed so as to overhang said part of the base, said base resting upon the floor and constructed and arranged so 'that said unobstructed part thereof which the said head overhangs may be entered beneath the seat on.which the subject sits and thereby position said heater-carrying-head over the head of the seated subject.

2. In portable apparatus for waving hair, an elongated wheeled base, an upright support for the heater-carrying head mounted at one end of said base so that practically the entire length thereof is unobstructed, a head having a plurality of vertically-adjustable heaters suspended therefrom, said head mounted on said support and projecting laterally therefrom in the direction in which said base extends therefrom so that said head overhangs saidbase, thereby permitting a seat for the subject to 'be interposed between said base and head to position the latter over the subject.

3. In apparatus for Waving hair, a head having a plurality of vertically adjustable electric heaters suspended therefrom, said head comprising a casing having a bottom and sides, a plurality of electric contacts arranged centrally in said casing, the said electric-heaters being adjustably suspended from said casing at points around said central electric-contacts and having electric connections with said contacts.

4. In apparatus for waving hair, a head having a plurality of vertically adjustable electric-heaters depending therefrom, the said head comprising a casing having a bottom and sides forming a comparatively shallow. enclosure, a plurality of electric-contacts arranged centrally of said casing, the bottom of said casing having a plurality of perforations disposed around said group of electric-contacts, supporting devices for said electric-heaters arranged within said casing and having adjustable suspending cables extending through the respective perforations adjusting said heaters, and means for hol ing the heaters in adjusted vertical positions.

6. In apparatus for waving hair, an upright support provided with ground-wheels for trundling the support from place to.

place, a head mounted upon said support and projecting laterally therefrom, sprlngactuated winding-drums on said head, winding cables on said drums and heaters suspended from said cables, means for preventing the drums from winding on the cables when the weight of the heaters'are imposed on said cables and permitting the drums to wind on said cables when the weight of said heaters is relieved by hand, whereby saidheaters may be elevated in close proximity to the canopy leaving afree space beneath for clearance.

7. In apparatus for waving hair,a head, a set of spring-actuated winding-drums mounted on said head, a heater-suspendin cable attached to each drum and wound thereon by the action of the spring when the cable is relieved of the Weight of its heater, means for preventing the drum from winding on its cable when the weight of its heater is imposed on said cable.

8. In apparatus for waving hair, a head, a set of spring-actuated winding-drums mounted on said head, a heater-suspending cable attached to each drum and wound thereon by the action of the spring when the cable is relieved of the weight of its heater, a one-way acting clutch device for each cable which is coiled more than one turn around a one-way turning part of said device, whereby said device acts to stop the winding on of the cable by its drum while the weight of its heater is imposed on said cable, but permits the drum to wind on its cable when the weight of its heater is taken from said cable.

9. In apparatus for'waving hair, ahead, a set of drums mounted on said head, a heater-suspending-cable secured to each drum and wound thereon by the action of the spring when the cable is relieved of the weight of its heater, a one-way acting clutch device for each cable comprising a rotating shaft provided with a fast ratchet wheel, a pawl spring-actuated cable-winding engaging said ratchet wheel, said cable being coiled around said shaft for more than one turn.

10. In apparatus for waving hair, a head, concentric rows of spring-actuated drums mounted thereon, a heater-suspending cable attached to each drum and wound thereon by the action of the spring when the cable is relievcdof the weight of its heater, a oneway acting clutch device for each cable, a heater attached to each cable, a strip arranged on said head, and brackets on which said drums are mounted, said brackets being mounted on said strip.

- 11. Inapparatus for waving hair, a head, a set of electric-sockets mounted centrally of the head, a set of spring-actuated winding-drums mounted on said head around the set of electric-sockets, a heater-suspending cable attached to each of the drums and wound thereon by the action ofits spring when the cable is relieved of the weight of its heater, a heater attached to each of said cables, and means for preventing the winding of the cable on the drum when the weight of the heater is thrown on its cable. 12. In apparatus for waving hair, a head comprising centrally disposed means provided with a set of electric sockets, a set of spring-actuated winding drums, a plate on the under side of said head and upon which said drums are carried, a heater-suspending cable attached to each of said drums and wound thereon by the action of the spring when the weight of the heater is taken from its cable, a heater attached to each cable.

13. In apparatus for waving hair, a head for sustaining a set of vertically adjustable heaters comprising a bottom plate, a marginal band mounted upon the upper side of said plate,a set of spring-actuated winding drums mounted above said plate, a heatersuspending cable attached to each of said drums, a heatersuspended from each cable and a set of electric-sockets carried by said head.

14. In apparatus for waving hair, a head for sustaining a set of vertically adjustable heaters comprising a flat box-like structure provided with a bottom-plate and a marginal band mounted upon the upper side of said plate, a central compartment above sa1d plate provided with electric connections, a spider attached to the upper side of sa1d head, and a tubular support secured to said spider and adapted to receive electricwire connections.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES G. NESSLER. 

